From Antigua and Barbuda, this band represents high-energy, multiple-influenced, synthesizer-driven soca. Years of backing up popular Montserrat calypsonian "Arrow" and laid the groundwork for their solo debut.

Burning Flames has totally dominated the Antigua Carnival from 1985 to now (2008). Their music is influenced by calypso, reggae, funk, zouk and just about every other music genre.

Formerly "endless vibration" known for playing more rock and roll than soca, Burning Flames, a soca band made up of brothers and cousins, started out playing background for Calypso Arrow.

In 1986 they broke ...

Soca Johnny has established himself as a pioneer in the UK soca industry. With an authoritative voice, love and raw passion for soca, he cant help but make good soca music.  His accomplished skill in lyricism plus his natural musical ability combine to make Soca Johnny the unique soca artist he is. Welcome to the world of SOCA JOHNNY.

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MFR was started by Leonel "Doctor" Edwards in 2004 and came on the scene with some real music. "We just here to play some real music".  

MFR (Music For Real) of Portsmouth, Dominica features strong heavy bouyon laden rhythms with a freestyle vocals led by Edmund “Chum” Telemac.

The 7 member group features an interesting interaction between the drums and keys on the rollicking bouyon rhythms, and staccato vocals from the lead punctuated by hornlike keyboard phrases between and the whole band on the chorus and some twisted guitar licks from Leonel Edwards thrown into the mix.

The ...

Probably the most underrated group in Dominica, Partners in Kryme produced some unbelievable songs.   In their 5 year run as a band, the album "All Wood Good" exploded.

With hits  like "Big Bamboo", "Bulls On The Run"  ft. Skinny Banton,  and "Big Fat Mampy", this album is a work of art.

With musical genius like Eric Bardouille, Peter Walsh and Maurice Aisles, this  Partners in Kryme album brings you back the real Nature Island Bouyon at  its best.

The band WCK or Windward Caribbean Kulture was formed in 1988 by a group of highly creative young Dominican musicians. This group came together to fill a void left by several of Dominica's most internationally recognized bands such as EXILE ONE and GRAMMACKS. The band heralded in a new and much needed resurgence of live music and created a new wave in Dominicas musical evolution. They began experimenting with a fusion of Cadence-Lypso and Jing Ping. While the Candance-Lypso sound is based on the creative use of acoustic drums, an aggressive up-tempo guitar beat and strong social commentary in the native Creole language, the new sound ...

Music in Dominica will be taken to another level with the release of “Ultimate Degree” the debut album by Clint Henderson. This solo project which has been in the making for several months now features 12 tracks. Ultimate Degree has been receiving tremendous reviews so far from musicians locally and regionally. A Quick listen to the first track would indicate that the album is of a high standard unprecedented for Dominica. A further listen tells you that “Ultimate Degree” is not the typical bouyon CD; as a matter of fact it features mainly Soca tunes. While the name Clint Henderson cannot easily be divorced from WCK band it must ...